Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its forthcoming multi-day live virtual auction of art, decorative arts, jewellery and fine wine, due to take place from Sunday, 8 November to Wednesday, 11 November 2020. This exciting bi-city initiative is titled NORTH/SOUTH and replaces the company’s traditional end-of-year city sales in Johannesburg and Cape Town with a consolidated virtual sale involving both offices simultaneously. While new in format and duration, NORTH/SOUTH is a showcase of everything Strauss & Co does best.
Tretchikoff: New Discoveries of Exceptional Beauty
The astonishing shift, over the last decade and a half, in the reputation and value of one of South Africa’s most iconic and recognisable artists, Vladimir Tretchikoff, is nothing short of remarkable. Once dismissively relegated by critics as ‘The King of Kitsch’, he is now recognised as a trailblazer who produced works that were at
Archived: From Pierneef to Makamo: a heritage of artistic pedigree in Strauss & Co 2019 Spring online-only auction
Strauss & Co’s October online-only auction, which is now open and runs until 8pm on Monday 19 October, offers a cornucopia of pleasures. The lot offerings encompass collectable art, jewellery and accessories, and fine wine. Highlights include Kanonkop’s CWG Paul Sauer, the ne plus ultra of South African wines, as well as luxurious ladies’ silk scarves and gentlemen’s silk ties by Hermès.
Mid-Century Modern Furniture & Design: A Journey Through Design History
Spanning the elegance of Art Deco, the rigour of Bauhaus, and the warmth of Scandinavian minimalism, Mid-Century Modern Furniture & Design celebrates the timeless innovation of 20th-century design. Presented as a timed online auction from 4 September to 1 October 2025, this sale brings together over a hundred lots—furniture, lighting, silverware, ceramics, rugs, and glass—each echoing the
Archived: Innovating in lockdown Emerging Painting Invitational launches a special collaboration with Strauss & Co
Emerging Painting Invitational – the pan-African emerging painting prize, launched by the Emerging African Art Galleries Association (EAAGA) in 2019 in Harare, Zimbabwe – like all international art events, faced a dilemma in 2020. The objective of EPI is to bring international attention and professional support to the widest diversity of young painters across Africa as well as to spotlight different art communities across the continent through the unique exhibition/conference/prize/art fair model.
Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Rhône Valley, Iberia and additional finds from around the world
The September Strauss & Co fine wine auction features 6 sessions from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, the Rhône Valley, Iberia and additional finds from around the world. Highlights on the Bordeaux theme include a rare Dominus Estate 1996 from the Napa Valley and Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1998 from Australia, along with various icon Bordeaux.
Archived: Letter from the Chairperson
Dear Clients and Friends, I hope that you and your families are in good health and secure in these troubling times. I would like to personally thank you for your continued support of Strauss & Co, and for joining us on our dynamic digital journey over the course of 2020.
Two Cape icons, Stern and Tretchikoff, highlights of Strauss & Co’s flagship Cape Town auction series, including single-artist sale for Verster
Strauss & Co is pleased to announce details of its September auctions of modern and contemporary art, to be held in Cape Town from 16 to 18 September 2025. The three-part programme includes: a live Evening Sale of high-value Modern and Contemporary Art, an online Day Sale of Modern and Contemporary art and a landmark
Archived: Strauss & Co 2019 October results bode well for the Pierneef market
JH “Henk” Pierneef demonstrated his enduring appeal at Strauss & Co’s R55-million Spring sale, held in Cape Town on 7 October, achieving a total of R9.65 million from nine lots sold. The top lot, a monumental study of interlaced camelthorn trees in a landscape near Thabazimbi, sold for R2.73 million. The results marked a welcome return to form for Pierneef, whose prices had been diluted by a recent fire sale by a distressed collector.
Rare works by celebrated Durban painter Andrew Verster to be offered in September sale
Strauss & Co is delighted to present Andrew Verster: Gorgeous and Free, a landmark timed-online auction devoted exclusively to the celebrated Durban painter, educator, critic and activist Andrew Verster (1937–2020). Running from 25 August to 18 September 2025, the sale marks the first time an auction house has dedicated an entire sale to Verster’s work. Comprising
